Secretion

//sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n//

Synonyms for "secretion" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

burial burying clouding concealedness concealment covering covering up covertness darkening deception discharge discharging drain draining

Strong matches (21)

dribbling drip dripping drop dropping effusion egestion ejaculation ejection elimination emanating emanation emission escape excreta excreting excretion extravasate extravasation extrusion

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exudation

Related words (35)

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

7 entries

biological process bodily fluid body fluid humor humour liquid body substance organic process

derived

17 entries

asecretion bronchosecretion cosecretion decapitation secretion hypersecretion hyposecretion neurosecretion nonsecretion normosecretion oversecretion parasecretion resecretion rhizosecretion secretional secretionary secretolytic

Showing 16 of 17 words.

is a

3 entries

liquid body substance organic process protein

related to

4 entries

gland hide organism secrete

Translations

84 translations across 33 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἔκκρισις noun (secreted substance)
ἰκμάς noun (secreted substance)

Arabic

3 entries

إِفْرَاز noun (secreted substance)
إِفْرَاز noun (act of secreting)
مُفْرَزَة noun (secreted substance)

Bulgarian

3 entries

отделяне noun (act of secreting)
секреция noun (secreted substance)
укриване noun (act of hiding)

Catalan

2 entries

secreció noun (secreted substance)
secreció noun (act of secreting)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

分泌 noun (act of secreting)
分泌物 noun (secreted substance)

Czech

4 entries

sekrece noun (act of secreting)
sekret noun (secreted substance)
vylučování noun (act of secreting)
vyměšování noun (act of secreting)

Danish

1 entries

sekret noun (secreted substance)

Dutch

1 entries

secretie noun (act of secreting)

Esperanto

2 entries

sekreciaĵo noun (secreted substance)
sekrecio noun (act of secreting)

Finnish

4 entries

erite noun (secreted substance)
eritys noun (act of secreting)
piilottaminen noun (act of hiding)
piilottelu noun (act of hiding)

French

3 entries

mettre au secret noun (act of hiding)
sécrétion noun (secreted substance)
sécrétion noun (act of secreting)

Galician

2 entries

secreción noun (secreted substance)
secreción noun (act of secreting)

German

3 entries

Absonderung noun (secreted substance)
Sekret noun (secreted substance)
Sekretion noun (act of secreting)

Greek

4 entries

έκκριση noun (secreted substance)
έκκριση noun (act of secreting)
απόκρυψη noun (act of hiding)
συγκάλυψη noun (act of hiding)

Hindi

3 entries

रिसना noun (act of secreting)
रिसाव noun (act of secreting)
स्राव noun (secreted substance)

Hungarian

2 entries

elválasztás noun (act of secreting)
váladék noun (secreted substance)

Indonesian

2 entries

sekresi noun (act of secreting)
sekret noun (secreted substance)

Italian

2 entries

secrezione noun (secreted substance)
secrezione noun (act of secreting)

Japanese

2 entries

分泌 noun (act of secreting)
分泌物 noun (secreted substance)

Macedonian

4 entries

излачување noun (act of secreting)
лачевина noun (secreted substance)
лачење noun (act of secreting)
секрет noun (secreted substance)

Malay

2 entries

kumuh noun (secreted substance)
ڤريمبيسن noun (act of secreting)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

derdan noun (secreted substance)
derdan noun (act of secreting)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

sekret noun (secreted substance)
utskillelse noun (act of secreting)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

sekret noun (secreted substance)

Persian

1 entries

ترشح noun (act of secreting)

Polish

1 entries

wydzielina noun (secreted substance)

Portuguese

2 entries

secreção noun (secreted substance)
secreção noun (act of secreting)

Romanian

4 entries

secretare noun (act of secreting)
secreție noun (secreted substance)
secrețiere noun (act of secreting)
secreționare noun (act of secreting)

Russian

4 entries

выделе́ние noun (secreted substance)
выделе́ние noun (act of secreting)
секре́ция noun (secreted substance)
секре́ция noun (act of secreting)

Spanish

2 entries

secreción noun (secreted substance)
secreción noun (act of secreting)

Swedish

4 entries

insöndring noun (act of secreting)
sekret noun (secreted substance)
sekretion noun (act of secreting)
utsöndring noun (act of secreting)

Turkish

3 entries

ifraz noun (secreted substance)
ifraz noun (act of secreting)
salgı noun (secreted substance)

Ukrainian

3 entries

ви́ділення noun (secreted substance)
ви́ділення noun (act of secreting)
секре́ція noun (act of secreting)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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The secretion from Tom's wound was a horrible green color.

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Copper plays an important role in nerve conduction, bone growth and hormone secretion.

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The many birds that choose Bolinas as their winter home would have a feast if these butterflies were edible, but Monarchs are protected by an acrid secretion which is distasteful to birds, and enjoy a long life on this account, living not only all winter, but long enough to taste the sweetness of the spring wildflowers.

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The secretion of pituitary gland hormones is controlled by the hypothalamus.

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